CPT Hebron project closes after 13 years

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HEBRON, West Bank—Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) has decided to close the Hebron team site, wrote Palestine Support Coordinator Tarek Abuata Oct. 10. “We have been suffering with an inadequate number of full-time CPTers on this team for months,” he wrote. “Stretched thin, we covered the work of the Hebron team site with reservists until August, knowing that this option was not sustainable.”

CPT began its Hebron presence in 1995. “Palestinians say, ‘whoever lives 40 days with a community becomes one of them.’ We’ve spent more than 4,000 days in Hebron, and we’ve always felt the incredible love and hospitality of the Palestinian community,” Abuata wrote.

CPT continues to be committed to Palestine, Abuata wrote. A strong CPT project in At-Tuwani works with the Palestinian communities of the Southern Hebron Hills in their nonviolence efforts. A committee is exploring possibilities for collaborating with other Palestinian nonviolent efforts.

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